Antonia Bird: From EastEnders to Hollywood

Directed by Susan Kemp

This biographical documentary celebrates the trail-blazing career of Antonia Bird, the first British woman to direct a Hollywood movie, who died in 2013. It explores her fight to get her voice heard, to break through the barriers against her gender and her politics, and to bring a radical edge to popular drama. Scottish director Susan Kemp reveals the secrets behind Antonia’s greatest films – Safe, Priest, Face, Ravenous, Care, Rehab, The Hamburg Cell – and her ground-breaking work on TV series such as EastEnders and Casualty,  through intimate interviews with her closest collaborators, including Robert Carlyle, Kate Hardie, Steven Mackintosh, Mark Cousins and Irvine Welsh.

Duration:
93 minutes

Languages:
English

Country of origin:
Great Britain

Year of production:
2016